North Metro Flex Academy
Where You're Challenged and... Belong
Principal's Corner
This week we are also honoring the daily support of our Paraprofessionals. We greatly appreciate the work they do each day to help with students in classrooms, in the lunch room, during recess and during bus dismissal.
THANK YOU so much for all of you who have returned the Re-Enrollment forms for next year! We are already planning for next year, so it is helpful for us to know who is planning on returning to our school. If we have not received your forms, we will be reaching out to you! If you have not returned them or you did not receive them, please call our office! (651)300-6300.
This Friday we are looking forward to giving out our math, reading and Character Strong Awards. We will be celebrating with an ALL School Bingo Game over zoom in the afternoon.
Please stay warm!
Be safe, kind, responsible and....honest!
Mrs. Kranz
COVID-19 UPDATES
Recently MN has updated its guidelines for Covid-19, below are the updates.
Schools and Child Care: COVID-19
CDC updated their recommendations for isolation and quarantine when sick or exposed to COVID-19: Quarantine and Isolation. MDH updated If You Are Sick or Test Positive and Close Contacts and Quarantine, and we are working to revise other guidance and materials to align with CDC over the coming days.
This updated guidance does apply to K-12 school settings (refer to Overview of COVID-19 Quarantine for K-12 Schools).
We are awaiting CDC guidance specific to child care. Until that is released, we recommend child care providers either follow existing child care guidance or follow the updated guidance for the general population. MDH continues to support use of the seven-day quarantine with testing for unvaccinated staff and children who cannot mask. This seven-day quarantine can apply if the person who was exposed:
- Does not have symptoms and does not develop symptoms.
- Had an exposure that has a beginning and end, such as an exposure that happened at school, a sporting event, or social gathering.
- Gets tested at least five full days after the exposure, and has a negative test result.
Minnesota Rule 4605.7070 requires any person in charge of any institution, school, child care facility, or camp to report cases of COVID-19 to MDH.
Use COVID-19 Case Report Form for K-12 Schools, Childcares, and Youth Programming (Camps, Sports, Extracurricular Activities) to report each child, youth, or staff member who receives a positive test result.
It is important that everyone in the school, child care, youth-serving program, and camp community take steps to reduce COVID-19 transmission, particularly to those who are not vaccinated, while balancing the need to maintain a strong system that effectively supports children, youth, staff and communities.
PLEASE REMEMBER:
If your child is experiencing any symptoms, please keep them home to monitor and test.
Upcoming Vaccine Clinic
Families need to request a form by contacting info@nmfamn.org to sign up your students.
Families can request covid or flu shots for their students. Forms need to be requested by Wednesday at the latest and returned by Friday January 28th
PARAPROFESSIONAL APPRECIATION WEEK
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January is School Board Appreciation Month
Pam Albrecht
Dave Isaacson
Mike Leary
Joe Palkowitsch
Kyle Johnson
Creative Corner
Middle School Pottery
Middle School Pottery
Middle School Pottery
Weekly Announcements
If families have not done so already, they need to return or request a new form for their student's re-enrollment whether students are returning to NMFA or not we like to get a count for the next year.
Thank you to all families who have filled out the NMFA Survey
Please help us in welcoming the Hill Murray high school student that are starting this week - due to covid we are having them help with students when at recess. The HM students will be creating outdoor activities for students to do during recess. They will engage with the HM students outside Mondays - Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Looking AHEAD
February 14th: Valentine's Day Wear pink, white and red
January 24th - January 28th Paraprofessional appreciation week:
School Board appreciation month: January
February 18th schoolwide reading day with pajamas I love to read month is February:
February 17th : Vaccine clinic (registration required)
100th day of school: February 8th
2-22-22: TWOSDAY
Kindergarten Readiness
North Metro Flex Academy
Email: info@nmfamn.org
Website: www.nmfamn.org
Location: 2350 Helen Street North, North Saint Paul, MN, USA
Phone: (612) 900-4435
Facebook: https://facebook.com/NorthMetroFlexAcademy/